Latin American critical (‘Social’) epidemiology: new settings for an old dream

The present paper offers a fresh perspective from the South about the relevance of progressive Latin American public health (termed ‘collective health’) by highlighting a number of its hard scientific contributions which, unfortunately, remain almost unknown to mainstream medical and public health r...

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Autor: Breilh Paz y Miño, Jaime Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Repositorio Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uasb.edu.ec:10644/3280
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10644/3280
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EPIDEMIOLOGÍA CRÍTICA
MEDICINA SOCIAL
SALUD PÚBLICA
EPISTEMOLOGÍA
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Sumario:The present paper offers a fresh perspective from the South about the relevance of progressive Latin American public health (termed ‘collective health’) by highlighting a number of its hard scientific contributions which, unfortunately, remain almost unknown to mainstream medical and public health researchers outside Latin America. An armed form of structural greed has now placed the world on the brink of destruction. At the same time, however, fresh winds blow in the continent. This paper is an invitation to confront the menacing forces producing our unhealthy societies and an opportunity to form fraternal partnerships on the intercultural road to a better world, where only an epidemiology of dignity and happiness will make sense.